T206 sheets: Huge factory numbers at back bottom

[Luke]

Found a new one:

[Jobu]

Nice find Luke!

Not new, but I am including another example of a Cobb bat on.

Here is the updated list:

(All are factory 30 unless noted)

1. Ames (port) - Factory 25 and Factory 30
2. Beaumont
3. Clarke, Fred (port)
4. Clarke, JJ
5. Cobb (bat on)
6. Dahlen (Brooklyn)
7. Dooin
8. Durham
9. Gilbert
10. Griffith (port)
11. Hemphill
12. Johnson (port)
13. Jones, Fielder (port)
14. Keeler (with bat)
15. Killian (pitching)
16. Mathewson (port)
17. McGraw (port no cap)
18. Merkle (port)
19. Overall (port)
20. Seymour (batting)
21. Shipke
22. Spade
23. Steinfeldt (port)
24. Stovall
25. Tannehill ("L" on front-Chi.)
26. Wagner (bat left)

Other back marks:

1. Rhoades (loop on the right)
2. Owen (splash? on the bottom)

[Leon]

I see my red marker is working fine . ...

Nice work on the sleuthing....

Originally Posted by Luke

Found a new one:

[Jobu]

Not a new subject for a sheet number, but a new scan for this thread.

[T206.org]

Are any theories on why the factory designation is slightly off-center to the left on Hindu backs?

Maybe some extra bit of information was axed from the right side close to production and it wasn't re-centered?

[steve B]

The numbers would have been transfers like the rest of the images. all put in place by hand.
The factory numbers were almost certainly intended to be internal marks only that would be cut off when the sheet was cut. It's not likely they paid much attention to the location.

[T206.org]

Thanks, Steve. I was actually going slightly off-topic though. My post was referencing the full factory designation, as-pictured:

[steve B]

I never noticed that.

Probably just a mistake by whoever setup the back the first time. I'm trying to figure out if there's some artistic reason, but if there is it's nothing that comes to mind right off, or something I just never learned.